Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

We are excited to be recruiting to our Community Specialist Palliative Care Nursing Team for North Worcestershire. The service covers a wide area from Tenbury Wells in the west to the outskirts of Birmingham in the east. The service has two location, Princess of Wales Hospital in Bromsgrove and KEMP Hospice in Kidderminster. The advertised post is to be based at Bromsgrove, with an expectation of supporting the west side as clinical need requires. We provide a service 365 days a year from 9am to 5pm, with weekend and bank holidays covered by a rota which the successful applicant will join once they have settled into the team. You should be an effective team member willing to share experience and knowledge of palliative care to help support your colleagues as well as a willingness to learn and develop as the team strives to deliver excellent care. It is essential you can fulfil the travel requirements of the post. As a member of the Specialist Palliative Care Team and an employee of our Trust you will benefit from: Working within a supportive and valued team of professionals Continuous Professional Development Flexible working, allowing you to maintain work-life balance, The successful candidate will be working collaboratively with Palliative Care services across North Worcestershire including Palliative Medicine Consultants, Palliative Care in-patient Unit, Neighbourhood Teams, specialist palliative care services and specialist services within the neighbouring acute Trusts, Hospices and primary care colleagues to provide expert advice for patients with a life limiting diagnosis. The role will include caseload management, being a primary resource to health professionals in care settings giving advice for symptom control and advance care planning. You will attend and present patients to the weekly MDT meeting and actively support the GSF meetings held by primary care colleagues. The role will also require you to undertake audit, critically appraising current research to apply to practice, updating policies to reflect these developments as well as supporting and leading research projects.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
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